19 Quotes by Robert Yates

We felt to improve the performance of the 88 team it was important to establish a leadership that has been lacking for the last few months, ... Todd has a record that speaks for itself both with preparing race cars and making decisions in the pits. Todd has the skills, ability and talent to lead a race team, and he is committed to winning races.

They should go ahead and sell some tickets. They could have a race tomorrow.

They only have one place in victory lane, and I think it would be better if they were all individually owned. That's not what Jack Roush, my partner in the engine business, would be happy with.

It's a big deal. This is our life sort of wrapped into six weeks now. It's time for us to get it done. If you're in it, it's the best thing that could ever happen to you. It's more pressure, but everything in life, the more competitive it is the better it is. And this is pretty good.

I want to sit at the head table with Elliott Sadler or Dale Jarrett. I want to sit at the head table period. But, it means a lot to me that it's our own organization.

So far, so good, ... I'll try to keep this one on the ground and see if we can get a checkered flag Sunday.

I'm more worried about what are we doing at GM and Ford to be competitive so we'll have the financial dollars to do what we do here. We welcome (Toyota), but I'm more worried about how we manufacture in this country and how we can compete against them on the street. I know our whole point is to race on Sunday and sell on Monday. We just need to have good business models at Ford and GM so we can compete on the street.

If you're not in the top 10 making the Chase, you need to look at your organization and try to make changes to make it stronger for the following year, ... It almost gives you a format to do that now.

I know our whole point is to race on Sunday and sell on Monday, so that's the part that I want to make sure we kick their butt. I'm sure they want to kick ours, but I think NASCAR handles the competition side of it so we can be competitive.